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IMPROVED .BOOT AND SHOE-STRBTGHER.

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TO ALL WHO IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known tha-t I, WILLIAM FREDERICK, of Pottsville, in the county ofSchuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and improvedBoot and-Shoe-Strtcher; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled -in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a. vertical longitudinal section of niy improved"stretcher,ltaken through the line :r z, iig. Q

Figure 2 is atop viewof the same. i

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My invention has for its object to furnish a simple and convenientinstrument for stretching the toe and linstep of boots and shoes, eitherat the same time or separately, as may be desired' or necessary and itconsists in the combination of a lever and screw with the upper andlower parts of the last, as hereinafter more .fully described. Y

Ais the upper, and B is the lower part of the last, which two parts areAso 'formed aste t eachother exactly. The lower side of the upper part Ais hollowed out for the reception of the lever Gin such a way.

that the sides of said partmay project down at the sidesofsaid lever, asshown in( iig. 1. .i The .rear part of the lower part VB is cha'mberedAout for the reception of the rear end ot' the lever C. D isaplatecovering` the chamber inthe rear part of the lower part B, and which isscrewed fast to the upper edges of the said^part B. The plate D has ahole through it'io'r the passage of the screw E, which said'hole hasa's'crew-th'read cut in its sides, into'which the screw E fits. Thelever C is pivoted near the middle of the last to the sides of the partB, or toearsattached to said part; and its forward end may be pivoted orhinged to the forward end of the upper part A, as shown in iig. 1; or,if desired,`the forwardI end of the lever may be left free, and theforward ends of the parts A and B connected to each other by a doublehinge. The construction first described is the one that I prefer..A E isa screw, having a long shank, upon the lower end of which a screw-threadis eut, fit-ting into the hole in the plate D.

By screwing the screw E down, its lower end comes in cont-act with theupper side of the rear end o f the lever C, depressing it, and raisingthe forward end of said lever. This forces the forward cnds'of thepartsA and B apart, stretching the toe of the boot or shoe to anydesired amount.

F is a screw, having a long shank, with a screw-thread cnt upon itslower end. The screw F screws down through u. hole in the rear part ofthe upper partA, and by screwing it down with its lower end against theplate D, the rear end of the part A will be forced up, stretching theinstep of the. boot or sho'e. G are bunions, having short vstems upontheir lower sies, fitting into holes formed in various parts of theupper part A, so that their positionsmay be shifted as desired. I

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-fv l U Thecombination of the lever C and screw E with the parts A and B of thelast, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposeset forth.

` v i WILLIAMA FREDERICK.

Witnesses:

THOMAS I. Fuzsmnons, JOHN C. CONRAD.

